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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Multisensory Structured Language Education






2. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






3. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






4. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






5. Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile






6. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






7. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






8. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






9. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






10. Is a type of test - assessment - or evaluation which yields an estimate of the position of the tested individual in a predefined population - with respect to the trait being measured. This estimate is derived from the analysis of test scores and poss






11. A diacritical marking. A wavy line placed over any vowel before r in a combination to indicate the unaccented pronunciation eg letter. The tildes used both in coding words and in a sound picture. When the pronunciation of any unaccented vowel-r combi






12. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






13. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






14. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






15. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






16. r-controlled syllable






17. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






18. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






19. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






20. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






21. A significant unit of visual shape. We use the visual shape as to cover not only writing - but also any other shape perceived by the eye which is a visible representation of a unit of speech. A single graphic letter or letter cluster which represents






22. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






23. A word that is immediately recognized as a whole and does not require decoding to identify. A sight word may or may not be phonetically regular.






24. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






25. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






26. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






27. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






28. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






29. Standards of Personal Conduct - Standards of Professional Conduct - Conflict of Interest - Confidentiality






30. Academic Language Therapy Association






31. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






32. The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.






33. Attempt - Failure - Frustration - Avoidance - Lack of Practice - No improvement - Loss of esteem - loss of motivation = THIS






34. Closed syllable






35. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






36. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






37. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






38. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






39. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






40. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






41. Final stable syllable

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42. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






43. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






44. Teaching that uses all learning pathways in the brain (VAK-T) simultaneously in order to enhance memory and learning.






45. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






46. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






47. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






48. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






49. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






50. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek